October 1, 1969 (12 pages)

ee A in canner Nc eA Sail lp I i tel hint ig i a % ‘ PERIODICALS sEecTTON’ CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. GAL. 95914 aE ¢ “ft Rabe ’ STATE: LipnraRls ee NUGGET ff dj NEVADA COUNTY Serving the communities of Nevada. City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, French Corral,Rough and Ready, Graniteville, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville,. Gold Bar, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, M Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, oore‘s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Gouge Eye, NUMBER 37. VOLUME 49° 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1969 100 years of Nevada County The Sounding Board DO YOU ADVOCATE TEACHING SEX EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS? guards mou Tahoe National Forest derives its name from the beautiful "Lake of The Sky." It was first established as a forest reserve April 13, 1899, and was known as Lake Tahoe timber land reserve and was designated the Tahoe national forest by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. Within its boundaries are embraced 1,200,000 acres of mountanous land, approximately 500,000 acres of which is privately owned. and the balance is in public ownership. The forest area extends from the footside of the Sierra Nevadas, across the rugged summit to the foothills of the eastern slope at the Nevada state line, to an elevation of 4,000 feet. Lying as it does on both slopes of our major California mountain range, it divides itself naturally into what most people refer to as the "east and west sides," withthe "hump," separating:the two. The west side is characterized by long gradually sloped ridges and river canyons, These well watered slopes contain some of the finest forest lands of the nation. The soil is volcanic in origin and the rich, red earth is particularly adapted to growth of coniferous stands of sugar and ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. The east side is less gradual indescent, the soil is poorer and the land is less watered, since most of the moisture ladened clouds, which come in from the ocean are milked nearly dry by the 9,000 foot Sierra crest. Nevertheless, at higher altitudes there are dense stands of pure red fir and on the broad fault plane of the little Truckee river there once stood one of the finest picture forests of Jeffrey pine anywhere ween. The trees grew largely in park-like stands interspersed with bitterbrush and sage plants with here and there lush green mountain meadows dotting the landscape. All of this latter type forest land has long since been cut over but is slowly being returned to its former productiveness under the care and protection of the forest service. Resources of the Tahoe national forest are many. They are water, timber, recreation, minerals, and forage for wildlife and livestock, Without question the most important is water. This mountanous section is the origin of a vast amount of water ‘which goes to partly supply a foothill and valley empire with its domestic, irrigation power, and industrial needs. This water supply from the Yuba, American and . Truckee rivers if the stream that gives life and dynamic power to a considerable area of the states of Nevada Dr. Leo F. (Doc) Conti, retired veterinarian, "Probably be unnecessary, I think the television and moviesare taking care of it." » employe: of the i ice in Nevada City: "I have mixed emotions, What I have to say would take too long. I approve of the kind of teaching which has been done at Seven Hills School, but would have to See the new material to comment." Py. _ Marjorie: Larsen, Nevada City housewife: "If its properly taught Lue 7 and California. and done by the rightpersons,-§ Lovyise Griffin, emp of the _ The Yuba river was the cradle of the yes. Some mothers andfathers Federal Forest ce: "Ina vast water and power system of the Pacido not teach it-at home." word -yes," _ tie Gas and Electric company and while hills at 2,500 foot elevation. on the. west.. Tahoe National Forest ntain areas years ago they had a system of reservoirs and ditches, including Spaulding, Fordyce, and Drum and South Yuba canals, the system's capacity was limited to only several thousand acre foot of storage. Since those days, Spaulding and Fordyce ‘have been raised, to the system have been added the large developments of the Nevada irrigation district so that storage capacity of the PPG&E,-NID system from the Tahoe forest area is now approximately 250,000 acre feet. Z On the east side, Boca reservoir has been. constructed by the bureau of reclamation and its storage is available to the ‘Sierra-Pacific Power Co., which supplies all of western Nevada. The combined picture of water use on the east and west . Sides of the forest looks something like this: Acres of land wholly dependent for _irrigation upon Tahoe forest water are ,~82,000, with a dependent population of \ 60,000 people. \\ Acres of land partially dependent for irrigation upon Tahoe forest water are 312,000, with a dependent population of 384,000 people. All nearby cities and towns use Tahoe forest water; including Nevada City, Auburn, Grass Valley, Roseville, and many others. There are 60,000 people in these communities and they consume to 10,000,000 gallons of water daily. ; There are eight developed hydro-electr ic. power sites within the forest anc eighteen more undeveloped sites. These eight plants generate 127,000 horsepower of electricity and there are 84 miles of aqueducts and over 500 miles of transmission and distribution lines from these power developments within the forest. Many individual communities are served and much of the power reaches the highly developed Sacramento valley area, and even the far away metropolitan bay area industries, are partly served by power generated in the Tahoe national forest. A total of 265 mining establishments either inside or within five miles of the Tahoe national forest are dependent upon supplies from the mountains. To provide this water 139. dams and 127 flumes and ditches are in use. Thirty-three log ing operations and sawmills also use local water entirely. A significant fact about this extremely valuable water resource of the national forest is that the watershed from whence it comes is 90 per cent in good to excellent condition. Nine per cent is in fair condition and only one per cent is in poor condition. Your forest service has as its primary responsibility to the people the m ce and improvement of that watershed cover, (Continued on page 11)

ee A in canner Nc eA Sail lp I i tel hint ig i a % ‘ PERIODICALS sEecTTON’ CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. GAL. 95914 aE ¢ “ft Rabe ’ STATE: LipnraRls ee NUGGET ff dj NEVADA COUNTY Serving the communities of Nevada. City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, French Corral,Rough and Ready, Graniteville, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville,. Gold Bar, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, M Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, oore‘s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Gouge Eye, NUMBER 37. VOLUME 49° 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1969 100 years of Nevada County The Sounding Board DO YOU ADVOCATE TEACHING SEX EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS? guards mou Tahoe National Forest derives its name from the beautiful "Lake of The Sky." It was first established as a forest reserve April 13, 1899, and was known as Lake Tahoe timber land reserve and was designated the Tahoe national forest by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. Within its boundaries are embraced 1,200,000 acres of mountanous land, approximately 500,000 acres of which is privately owned. and the balance is in public ownership. The forest area extends from the footside of the Sierra Nevadas, across the rugged summit to the foothills of the eastern slope at the Nevada state line, to an elevation of 4,000 feet. Lying as it does on both slopes of our major California mountain range, it divides itself naturally into what most people refer to as the "east and west sides," withthe "hump," separating:the two. The west side is characterized by long gradually sloped ridges and river canyons, These well watered slopes contain some of the finest forest lands of the nation. The soil is volcanic in origin and the rich, red earth is particularly adapted to growth of coniferous stands of sugar and ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. The east side is less gradual indescent, the soil is poorer and the land is less watered, since most of the moisture ladened clouds, which come in from the ocean are milked nearly dry by the 9,000 foot Sierra crest. Nevertheless, at higher altitudes there are dense stands of pure red fir and on the broad fault plane of the little Truckee river there once stood one of the finest picture forests of Jeffrey pine anywhere ween. The trees grew largely in park-like stands interspersed with bitterbrush and sage plants with here and there lush green mountain meadows dotting the landscape. All of this latter type forest land has long since been cut over but is slowly being returned to its former productiveness under the care and protection of the forest service. Resources of the Tahoe national forest are many. They are water, timber, recreation, minerals, and forage for wildlife and livestock, Without question the most important is water. This mountanous section is the origin of a vast amount of water ‘which goes to partly supply a foothill and valley empire with its domestic, irrigation power, and industrial needs. This water supply from the Yuba, American

and . Truckee rivers if the stream that gives life and dynamic power to a considerable area of the states of Nevada Dr. Leo F. (Doc) Conti, retired veterinarian, "Probably be unnecessary, I think the television and moviesare taking care of it." » employe: of the i ice in Nevada City: "I have mixed emotions, What I have to say would take too long. I approve of the kind of teaching which has been done at Seven Hills School, but would have to See the new material to comment." Py. _ Marjorie: Larsen, Nevada City housewife: "If its properly taught Lue 7 and California. and done by the rightpersons,-§ Lovyise Griffin, emp of the _ The Yuba river was the cradle of the yes. Some mothers andfathers Federal Forest ce: "Ina vast water and power system of the Pacido not teach it-at home." word -yes," _ tie Gas and Electric company and while hills at 2,500 foot elevation. on the. west... Tahoe National Forest ntain areas years ago they had a system of reservoirs and ditches, including Spaulding, Fordyce, and Drum and South Yuba canals, the system's capacity was limited to only several thousand acre foot of storage. Since those days, Spaulding and Fordyce ‘have been raised, to the system have been added the large developments of the Nevada irrigation district so that storage capacity of the PPG&E,-NID system from the Tahoe forest area is now approximately 250,000 acre feet. Z On the east side, Boca reservoir has been. constructed by the bureau of reclamation and its storage is available to the ‘Sierra-Pacific Power Co., which supplies all of western Nevada. The combined picture of water use on the east and west . Sides of the forest looks something like this: Acres of land wholly dependent for _irrigation upon Tahoe forest water are ,~82,000, with a dependent population of \ 60,000 people. \\ Acres of land partially dependent for irrigation upon Tahoe forest water are 312,000, with a dependent population of 384,000 people. All nearby cities and towns use Tahoe forest water; including Nevada City, Auburn, Grass Valley, Roseville, and many others. There are 60,000 people in these communities and they consume to 10,000,000 gallons of water daily. ; There are eight developed hydro-electr ic. power sites within the forest anc eighteen more undeveloped sites. These eight plants generate 127,000 horsepower of electricity and there are 84 miles of aqueducts and over 500 miles of transmission and distribution lines from these power developments within the forest. Many individual communities are served and much of the power reaches the highly developed Sacramento valley area, and even the far away metropolitan bay area industries, are partly served by power generated in the Tahoe national forest. A total of 265 mining establishments either inside or within five miles of the Tahoe national forest are dependent upon supplies from the mountains. To provide this water 139. dams and 127 flumes and ditches are in use. Thirty-three log ing operations and sawmills also use local water entirely. A significant fact about this extremely valuable water resource of the national forest is that the watershed from whence it comes is 90 per cent in good to excellent condition. Nine per cent is in fair condition and only one per cent is in poor condition. Your forest service has as its primary responsibility to the people the m ce and improvement of that watershed cover, (Continued on page 11)